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WATERSKI Magazine* Jaret Llewellyn could join the latest influx of skiers on the Sea-Doo Wakeboard Series in 1997. The defending U.S. Masters overall champion, Llewellyn says adding wakeboarding “is a matter of keeping up with the times.” Don't discount him. Llewellyn is one of the most naturally talented skiers in the world, as evidenced from a late 1996 tournament in Austria, where he set a Canadian trick record of 10,800 points to break his brother Kreg's mark by 100 points, set a personal best in slalom with two at 39-1/2, and topped off the weekend with a 200-foot jump. He's believed to be the first skier ever to get into 39-1/2, jump 200 feet and trick over 10,500 at the same tournament.
* Brenda Nichols-Baldwin set a pending U.S. Women's Open jump record the first weekend of October with a mark of 158 feet in Okahumpka, Florida. The jump, if approved, would equal (in feet) the second longest women's jump ever and would be just 1 foot off Emma Sheers' world record.
* Kneeboarder David McDonald is frothing at the mouth while awaiting word from the American Kneeboarding Association on the point value of his gargantuan double flip. McDonald is the first boarder of any kind ever to complete the double flip. AKA records committee chairman Mark McMillan says the trick could be worth 800 points or more in competition. The highest point value currently in the books is for the wake 900 back – worth 1,000 points – which has never been done in a tournament.
